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90% of the actual farm lands throughout the country are yielding not over 25 % of their capacity. 

 This means that 90% of the farmers of the country are getting about 25 cents from their farms where 

 they should get fl.OO. Through experiments carried on by the Department of Agriculture it has been 

 demonstrated that this tremendous loss is due to negligence of soil conditions— and the_ fact f.iat 

 these conditions can be easily remedied makes this announcement all the more startling. The 

 remedy is within the reach of every farmer in the land, and consists principally in planting such 

 legume crops as 



These legumes should be inoculated and planted in land which is not sour or acid. The majority of 

 the farm lands of the country are in a sour condition, but this is very easily corrected by an applica- 

 tion of lime. After you have supplied the lime, then plant the legume seeds which you have inoculated 



and you will grow a tremendous amount of foliage. 

 This can be cut and cured as hay — or better still, 

 turned under, which will add great quantities of humus. 

 The roots of the inoculated legumes will add vast quan- 

 tities of nitrates to the soil. To realize that you can more 

 than double your crops of corn or wheat or cotton by 

 simply planting legume seeds which have been inocu- 

 lated, shows you that in this way 



Your 



If you could get |2 a bushel for your corn, or 30 cents a 

 pound for your cotton, or |3 a bushel for your wheat, you 

 would consider it was time to sell every bit that you had 

 on hand: yet you can get this same amount of money 

 by increased crops, with practically no additional work, 

 and at the same time increase the permanent value of 

 your farm by commencing this year to make your soil 

 yield greater returns. 



NITRATE SACKS ON THE ROOTS OF SOY BEANS. 

 THESE SACKS OR NODULES CONTAIN NITRATES 

 WHICH ENRICH THE SOIL FOR OTHER CROPS. 



We cannot urge too strongly the liming of your land 

 and planting inoculated legume seed. It means a boun- 

 tiful return for the same labor which you are now giving 

 to secure a mere living. The future of agriculture in 

 this country depends on good seed, good inoculation and 

 good soil conditions. We sell high-grade seed as we 

 always have, and we now offer the highly recommended 

 inoculation called Farmogerm. This inoculation comes 

 prepared in bottles ready for use. You can inoculate 

 your seed in a few minutes, and its cost is but %1 per 

 acre, or ^9 for five acres. It is endorsed by the leading 

 farmers and agricultural experiment stations throughout 

 the country. 



We strongly recoinmend our cusiomers to inoculate all their 

 Legume Seeds with Farmogerm 



HOLMES SEED COMPANY 

 Seed Growers and Merchants 

 9 North Market Sq., Harrisburg, Pa. 































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NITRATE SACKS ON COW PEA ROOTS. 12 

 OF NITRATES TO THE ACRE EQUAL TO $30 

 OF NITRATE OF SODA OR S TONS OF M 

 MAYBE DEPOSiTEO IN THE SOIL IN THIS M 



00 LBS. 

 WORTH 

 ANURE, 

 ANNER, 



